Watch Video – How to Split Text to Columns in Google Sheets Show You can use the Split Text to Columns in Google Sheets to quickly split the contents of a cell (or a range of cells). Split Text to Columns feature comes in handy when you want quickly split the first name and the last name, or the username and domain name from email id, or the domain name from URLs. In this tutorial, I will show you multiple examples of how to split text to columns in Google Sheets. Soon you will know exactly how to split cells in Google Sheets like a pro.
How to Split Text to Columns in Google SheetsExample 1 – Split the Full Name into First Name and Last NameBelow is a dataset with the names of some of my favorite superheroes: Here are steps to split the full name into the first and last name: That’s it! It will instantly split the names into the first name and the last name. Note:
Example 2 – Split the Email id into Username and Domain NameSuppose you have a dataset with emails as shown below: Here are the steps to use Split Text to Columns to separate username and domain name: As soon as you enter @, Google Sheets will instantly split the text into username and domain name. Again, remember that this will overwrite the original dataset. If you want to keep the original data set intact, create a copy, and then use the Split Text to Columns feature. Example 3 – Get the Domain name from the URLSuppose you have a dataset as shown below: Note that there is a mix of URLs where some only have the root domain and some have links to a specific page/post. Here are the steps to get the domain name from URLs using Split Text to Columns: Note that as soon as you enter /, the URLs will spit and the domain name would be in column C. Now if you’re wondering why column B is empty, it’s because there are two forward slashes after HTTP in the URLs. Each forward slash is treated as an individual separator. Also, note that this technique works when you have the domain names in the same format. For example, if you have one with HTTP and one without it, then it may give you the domain names in different columns. Pro Tip: In case you want to split text to rows (and not columns), one easy way would be to first get the result using text to columns, and then transpose the data. So this is how you can use the Text to Columns functionality in Google Sheets to quickly split cells in Google Sheets. You can also do similar text to the column using formulas (such as RIGHT, LEFT, MID, etc.). but in most cases, I find using this a lot easier. I hope you found this tutorial useful! You May Also Like the Following Google Sheets Tutorials:
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